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Cultural Competency

By Dr. Butler
Grade Level
9-12
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How do we connect in meaningful ways with people who are different from us?
  • What are the challenges of celebrating what we have in common while also honoring our differences?
  • What is the relationship between diversity and inequality?
  • How are rights understood and valued differently across cultures?
  • How do different people or groups represent and express their power?
  • What does it mean to say that there is strength in diversity?
Texts
Informational

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

McIntosh's article details the ways in which white people—male and female—are given unacknowledged advantages. She focuses on situations in which skin-color is the dominant priveleging factor (over class, religion, ethnic status, or geographic location) but acknowledges that many of these attributes are interconnected.
by
Peggy McIntosh
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
Economics
Topic
Class Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
July 5, 2014
Informational

Race Matters

Adam Liptak details a recent affirmative action case before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also looks at affirmative action's history, the debates around the policy and considers possible effects of the Court's ruling.
by
Adam Liptak
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Topic
Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice
July 7, 2014
Informational

Remarks on Signing the Immigration Act of 1965

The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the "country-of-origin" immigration quota system and established a system of entry based on skills and family relationships with U.S. residents. In addition to his remarks about these changes, President Johnson announced asylum for Cuban refugees.
by
Lyndon B. Johnson
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Economics
Topic
Civil Rights Movement Immigration Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
June 11, 2015
Teaching Strategies
Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
CCSS
RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6
July 13, 2014
Close and Critical Reading

Text Graffiti

This strategy exposes students to multiple short pieces of a text before they read it in its entirety. Students read selected quotes out of context and comment on both the selection and the comments of other students. The activity ends with students reflecting on their reactions to and predictions about the text.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
CCSS
RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
Do Something

Spotlight on Change Agents

Students investigate, interview and profile a person working for equity and social change. The person can work on the local, national or international level, with an organization or as an individual. The compiled profiles will form a resource for other students in the future.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
Dr. Butler

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